Notable Residents
- Heinrich von Plauen (1370–1429), Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
- Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798–1868), botanist, zoologist and explorer
- Hermann Vogel (1854–1921), illustrator
- E.O. Plauen (1903–1944), cartoonist
- Werner Hartenstein (1908–1943), war time commander of U-156, notable for the Laconia incident
- Karl Richter (1926–1981), conductor, organist, and harpsichordist
- Hans Otte (1926–2007), composer and pianist
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